Scott A. Wertz

Died: Aug. 6, 2006, at 2:30 a.m. in the emergency room of Reading Hospital shortly after being shot in the line of duty near Eighth and Walnut streets.

Family: Married Tricia Lynn Schappell on June 3, 1995. Two sons, Jared S., 15, and Joshua A., 10, who live with Tricia in Spring Township.

Career: A 1984 graduate of Wilson High School, he was employed from 1990 to 1996 as a correctional officer at Berks County Prison. A 1994 graduate of the Reading Police Academy, he was a part-time officer in Sinking Spring and South Heidelberg Township from 1994 to 1996. In 1997, he was hired in the Reading Police Department.